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RMJM begs US staff to turn up to work

"Last month more than 25 staff failed to turn up for work one day in an organised protest at missing wages.

...Staff in New York are owed up to two-and-a-half month’s wages and the email sets out the company’s response to those either not turning up for work or asking to be put on unpaid leave."
— bdonline.uk

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RMJM's US office has been hit by a series of high-profile departures in recent weeks, while staff have been angered by broken promises about when wages will be paid. Blame has been laid at the door of commercial director Richard Bailes, the brother-in-law of chief executive Peter Morrison.

One said: "He told us it would be the beginning of the year, then the middle of February and now we've been told the end of March. No one has any confidence in what he says anymore."

don't be a chump. architecture has too many people who disrespect themselves and the profession so much so that they are willing to throw themselves under the bus by working for free. that does good to only 2 kinds of people in the profession: the partners of these corporations and the trust funder cad monkeys who don't need money to live. the rest of us are paying the debts of the assholes that are willing to work for free. no wonder no one respects architects. See Rem Koolhaas lecture at the GSD. he asked why an architect hasn't been on the cover of Time in over 30 years, Kudos to those folks who did the right thing by holding RMJM to their words and getting out when they weren't getting paid. Now maybe, RMJM can hold their clients liable for not paying the bills.

I am very passionate about my work - and I do it for free. I've been around enough to know that these corporations who are exploiting people's passions for architecture - are effectively, killing the occupation that they claim to love.